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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the name of Sarov been changed to in Chapter 26?
(a) Arzamas-16.
(b) Rottne.
(c) Växjö.
(d) Uppsala.

2. On what date is Chapter 24 set?
(a) September 11, 1995.
(b) March 1, 1946.
(c) May 26, 2005.
(d) December 1, 2005.

3. On what Swedish island does Jonas Jonasson live?
(a) Gotland.
(b) Uppsala.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Yxhult.

4. What world leader does Allan describe as being "as crazy as they come" in the Epilogue?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Hitler.

5. Whose body is found crushed in the scrap car yard in Riga in Chapter 22?
(a) Benny Ljungberg's.
(b) Henrik Mikael Hultén's.
(c) Allan Karlsson's.
(d) Herbert Einstein's.

6. When does Chapter 17 begin?
(a) May 10, 2005.
(b) September 12, 1959.
(c) May 2, 2005.
(d) May 16, 2006.

7. Where does Allan say Benny drove him and Julius after they met when talking to Prosecutor Ranelid in Chapter 25?
(a) Åseda.
(b) Dalarö.
(c) Småland.
(d) Braås.

8. Why has Allan exploded his cottage in the end of the novel?
(a) To kill a fox.
(b) To kill a cat.
(c) To kill a professor.
(d) To kill his father.

9. Riga is the capital of what country?
(a) Somalia.
(b) Ethiopia.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Iran.

10. How old is Allan when he returns to Sweden and buys a cottage in Chapter 28?
(a) 82.
(b) 77.
(c) 69.
(d) 86.

11. In what year does the narrator describe the Balinese volcano eruption in Chapter 23?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1967.

12. At what time is Prosecutor Conny Ranelid to be at Bellringer Farm in Chapter 25?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 11:00 a.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

13. Who is the American president that appears at the luncheon in Chapter 23?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Richard Nixon.

14. What is Gunilla's last name?
(a) Lundborg.
(b) Björklund.
(c) Jonsson.
(d) Karlsson.

15. What is the title of the book that Prosecutor Ranelid considers writing about Allan's case in Chapter 19?
(a) The Blizzard of Justice.
(b) The Falling Leaves of Justice.
(c) The Hunt for the 100-Year-Old Man.
(d) The Great Victory of Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man in the suit describe his country's president in the Epilogue?

2. During what years is Chapter 20 set?

3. Who provides Allan and Herbert with false passports in Chapter 20?

4. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?

5. What does Amanda begin writing after Allan gives her a computer?

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